Monthly Archives: November 2018

When bluKP226, Gator, started following half of a female/female couple around my street, this is what she did: She stopped and faced him. She spread her wings out so she seemed to be much larger than Gator. She lifted her … Continue reading →

The albatrosses are drifting in one by one. The same thing happens every year; it seems as though there just aren’t as many birds as there usually are. So I sit down and count all of the ones I have … Continue reading →

Just don’t tell HIM that he doesn’t belong! The white bird at the top of the picture is a snow goose who usually hangs out with the local nenes. No, people, this is NOT an albino nene. I do not … Continue reading →

We have more of our nesters back. KP531 met up with his mate, K407. They have raised chicks in the same backyard where KP531’s former mate now nests with a male who used to return each year to a mate … Continue reading →

KP531 has been nesting in Princeville for at least as long as I have been observing the albatrosses. His favorite nesting area is not far from where the female with whom he raised several chicks likes to nest with her … Continue reading →

I was a terrible keeper-of-the-blog last year, but I promise to be much better this season. I will throw in some information about last year’s batch of birds in Princeville as the season progresses, in addition to stories of this … Continue reading →